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Richard Covert

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Death: 1547
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Son of Thomas Covert, of Sillington and Elizabeth Covert
Husband of Elizabeth Covert; Elizabeth Berkeley; Lady Jane Apsley and Blanche Covert
Father of John Covert, MP; George Covert and Elizabeth Threele

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About Richard Covert

  • Elizabeth Neville1,2,3,4
  • F, #52824, b. circa 1467, d. after 1500
  • Father Sir George Neville, Lord Abergavenny1,2,5,4 b. c 1440, d. 20 Sep 1492
  • Mother Margaret Fenne1,2,5,4 b. 1444, d. 28 Sep 1485
  • Elizabeth Neville was born circa 1467 at Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales. She married Sir Thomas Berkeley, son of Sir Edward Berkeley, Sheriff of Hampshire & Gloucestershire, Bailiff of Burley and Alice Cockes, before 1 July 1491; They had 1 son (John) and 4 daughters (Lora, wife of John Ashburnham & of John Daniel; Anne, wife of John Brent; Elizabeth, wife of Sir George Herbert; & Alice, wife of George Whetenhall, Gent.).1,6,2,3,4 Elizabeth Neville died after 1500; She married (2) Richard Covert, Esq., Sheriff of Surrey & Sussex, son of Thomas Covert.2,3,4
  • Family Sir Thomas Berkeley b. c 1470, d. 1500
  • Children
    • Alys Berkeley+1 b. c 1490
    • Elizabeth Berkeley+ b. c 1498
  • Citations
  • 1.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 313.
  • 2.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 175-176.
  • 3.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 323.
  • 4.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 594.
  • 5.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 322.
  • 6.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 168-169.
  • From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1758.htm#... ____________
  • Elizabeth NEVILLE
  • Born: ABT 1477/9, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, England
  • Died: AFT 1500
  • Father: George NEVILLE (2° B. Abergavenny)
  • Mother: Margaret FENNE
  • Married 1: Thomas BERKELEY ABT 1497
  • Children:
    • 1. Alice BERKELEY
    • 2. Lora BERKELEY
    • 3. Anne BERKELEY
    • 4. Elizabeth BERKELEY
    • 5. Thomas (John) BERKELEY
  • Married 2: Richard COVERT
  • From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/NEVILLE4.htm#Elizabeth NEVILLE1 ____________
  • George Neville, or Nevill, 4th and de jure 2nd Baron Bergavenny (c.1440 – 20 September 1492) was an English nobleman.
  • George Neville was the son of Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny and Elizabeth Beauchamp. He was knighted by Edward IV on 9 May 1471,[1] after fighting for the King at the Battle of Tewkesbury. He succeeded his father in 1476.
  • Neville married firstly, before 1 May 1471, Margaret Fenne (d. 28 September 1485), the daughter and heiress of Hugh Fenne, Treasurer of the Household to King Henry VI, Escheator of Norfolk & Suffolk and Eleanor Fiennes, by whom he had six sons and a daughter:[2][3]
    • George Neville, 5th Baron Bergavenny (c.1469–c.1535).[3]
    • John Neville.[4]
    • William Neville.[4]
    • Sir Edward Neville (1471–1538), who married, before 6 April 1529, Eleanor (née Windsor), widow of Ralph Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope (d. 17 September 1515), and daughter of Andrew Windsor, 1st Baron Windsor.[3] He was the ancestor of George Washington through his granddaughter Catherine.[5]
    • Sir Thomas Neville (c.1484–1542), Speaker of the House of Commons, who married firstly Katherine Dacre, and secondly Elizabeth Bryce.[6]
    • Sir Richard Neville[6] (bef. 1485 – c.1515).
    • Elizabeth Neville, who married firstly Thomas Berkeley, esquire, of Avon, Hampshire, and secondly Richard Covert, esquire, of Slaugham, Sussex.[6]
  • He married secondly a wife named Elizabeth whose surname is unknown. She was the widow successively of Richard Naylor, Sir Robert Bassett, and John Stokker. There were no issue of his second marriage.[2][3]
  • Bergavenny was a captain in the English forces at Calais in 1490, and died in 1492.[1]
  • From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Nevill,_4th_Baron_Bergavenny ______________
  • Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition ...
  • https://books.google.com/books?id=kjme027UeagC&printsec=frontcover&...
  • Pg.241
  • 13. GEORGE NEVILLE, Knt., Lord Bergavenny, 2nd but 1st surviving son and heir by his father's 1st marriage, born at Raby Castle, Durham, and baptized at Staindrop, Durham about 1440 (aged 36 in 1476). He was co-heiress in 1449 to his cousin, Anne Beauchamp, suo jure Countess of Warwick, by which he inherited a 1/2 share in the barony of Burghersh. He married (1st) before 1 May 1471 (date of enfeoffment) MARGARET AT[TE] FENNE, daughter and heiress of Hugh at[te] Fenne, Esq., of Sculton Burdeleys, Herringby, and Swaffham, Norfolk, and Braintree, Essex, Treasurer of the Household to King Henry VI, Escheator of Norfolk and Suffolk. They had six sons, George, K.G., K.B., [Lord Bergavenny], John, William, Edward, Knt., Thomas Knt. [Speaker of the House of Commons, Secretary of State to King Henry VIII], and Richard, Knt., and one daughter Elizabeth. In 1457 he had license to have seisin of one-half of the entailed Despenser estates held by his late cousin, Anne Beauchamp, which grant was blocked by Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, husband of the other co-heir, Anne Beauchamp. In 1461, after the ascession of King Edward IV, George obtained license to have seisin of all the estates of his cousin, Anne Beauchamp. In 1471 he conveyed his share of the manor of Medmenham, Buckinghamshire to
  • Pg.242
  • Geoffrey Pole, Esq., for annual rent of 10 marks. He was summoned to Parliament from 15 Nov. 1482 to 12 Aug. 1492, by writs directed Georgio Nevyle de Bergevenny ???. He was present at the Coronation of King Richard III of England in 1483. His wife, Margaret, died 28 Sept. 1485. He married (2nd) before 29 Feb. 1488/9 ELIZABETH ____ , widow successively of Richard Naylor (died 1483), Citizen and merchant tailor of London, Master of the Merchant Taylors Company, 1475, Alderman of London; Robert Bassett, Knt. (died 1484), of London, salter, M.P. for London, 1460-1, Alderman of London, 1461-84, Sheriff of London, 1463-4, Lord Mayor of London, 1475-6; and John Stokker (died 1486), of St. George's, Eastcheap, London, Master of the Drapers Company, Alderman of London, 1479-85. SIR GEORGE NEVILLE, Lord Bergavenny, died 20 Sept. 1492, and was buried at Lewes Priory, Sussex. He left a will proved Jan. 1496 (P.C.C. 8 Horne). He bequeathed 200 marks to the Prior of Lewes, to cause daily mass to be sung at the altar, near his place of burial, and to observe the anniversary of his death. His widow, Elizabeth, Lady Bergavenny, left a will dated 14 April 1500, proved 19 June 1500 (P.C.C. 8 Moore), requesting burial in the Lady chapel of St. Martin's Outwich, London where her 1st husband was interred.
  • .... etc.
  • Children of George Neville, Knt., by Margaret at[te] Fenne:
    • i. GEORGE NEVILLE, K.G., K.B., Lord Bergavenny [see next].
    • ii. EDWARD NEVILLE, Knt., of Addington Park, Kent, Esquire of the King's Body, Constable of Leeds Castle, 4th son. He married before 6 April 1529 ELEANOR WINDSOR, widow of Ralph Scrope, Knt., 9th Lord Scrope (of Masham or Upsall) (died 17 Sept. 1515), .... etc.
    • Pg.243
    • ELIZABETH NEVILLE, married (1st) THOMAS BERKELEY, Esq., of Avon (in Sopley), Hampshire [see FISHER 12];117 (2nd) RICHARD COVERT, of Slaugham, Sussex [see FISHER 12].
  • .... etc. ___________________